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Definition of "materia medica" []

  • The scientific study of medicinal drugs and their sources, preparation, and use. (noun)
  • Substances used in the preparation of medicinal drugs. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "materia medica" in a sentence
  • "The Professional Herbalist course includes advanced lessons, such as the essential principles of disease and diagnosis in the Western, Ayurvedic, and Chinese herbal systems, an extensive and comprehensive materia medica of over five hundred herbs, advanced diagnostic approaches, and the art of simpling."
  • "The Clinical Program covers materia medica of the smaller remedies, advanced case management and analysis, philosophy, practice management, and ethics."
  • "When Walter studied there he took just four courses: chemistry and pharmacy under Dr. Maupin; medicine, which included legal medicine and obstetrics, with Dr. Harrison; physiology and surgery with Dr. Cabell; and anatomy and materia medica with Dr. Davis."